Recent content by ShaunM

I think the way I am seeing it is that trying to reach 1 on the way 'up' is the same as trying to reach '0' on the way down. Is this not so?

Thanks for this reply. I do know about atoms and I understand fully what you are saying about the ruler, no matter how small its cut up, is still the length it always was. What I don't think it will ever be however is no ruler. No matter how many times its cup up you would never reach 0...

I obviously see that each line sums up to 1. I don't see where you are getting the second 'half' from each time you reduce. This is the missing half we are talking about and there it is each time. It seems to me this is being magicked out of thin air but I understand I don't know enough to...

It seems my understanding of math is not sufficient to allow me to understand how 1 is ever reached but thanks anyway to all of you, I really appreciate your time. Its enough for me to know that people with more knowledge can assure me that 1 is reached. The fact that this conclusion is also...

The lines don't seem to me to be what we are talking about, sorry if I am not getting something. Ive never studied math or physics outside of school but I do think about these things and some things I stumble across bother and interest me. To quote Manuel however, 'I know nothing'. I know its...

Quite right. I am having problems however understanding how 1 is reached. I appreciate you all trying to explain.

Thanks. To my (admittedly untrained) eye that's hard to understand. Working backwards from 1m to 0 in this way seems to to me to lead to the exact same problem. there's always one discrete part of 1 missing. Im actually quite comfortable with the thought that 1 is never reached as it seems to...

Many thanks. That is cooincidentally exactly what is contained in this video I have just found: I still don't understand why that makes 1m as that would mean, as stated in the video, this infinite sequence has an end which seems to my untrained self to be a contradiction:) Im enjoying this...

Indeed.

Thanks and yes, I see my thinking was flawed, as was my spelling. I thought that word looked odd.

Im assuming that if an object only ever travels half the way between its current position and another point in space in which direction it is traveling that it doesn't matter how quickly it travels it would never reach said point in space. I am starting to think that I need to have a think about...

I don't know if in my situation there is a set distance being travelled. I assumed point B would never be reached.

I had never heard of it until about 2 hours ago so any searches I have done have been very superficial. I had a problem trying to work out what was happening in the situation contained in my original post and thought this would be a place where someone could help:)

Thanks. So Zeno's paradox suggests time doesn't exist or stops in some cases?

I'm me and I'm here with a question. What I'm not sure about is whether you are giving me answer or simply telling me my question is stupid. Thanks either way for your time.